Full of Hot Air

I have been saying for the past three years

that I want to go to the Hot Air Balloon Fest in Colorado

it is Labor Day weekend every year

and looks 

amazing

we still have not been

Well guess what I found ...

The Great Midwest 

Hot Air Balloon Festival

here in Kansas City

well actually in Olathe

but still

{not eight hours away}

I called my mom and said

pack up John and go get Grandma

we gotta go

it's been soooo hot

but maybe if we went in the evening???

still so hot

we found a shady spot

planted our chairs and waited

 and waited

{the FAA kept holding it off because it was too windy}

and finally... 

There was an older lady sitting behind us

that pulled me and Brad aside to tell us how special

she thought it was that we were spending time with our parents

she actually started to cry as she told me how important

the memories and the time spent are.

She said that she

 had lost her husband

and both of her parents within three years and

it made her remember of all the things they did together.

She told me that it was a good example to my son
and to please always cherish my family

and keep creating memories

oh, if she only knew

just how much I do know

{sniff}

I seriously think that Sam loved 
the corn on the cob
more than the hot air balloons!
weird kid

so massive and so beautiful
 and so worth the wait!
- and the heat -

He had a second ear of corn
on the way out to the car


this crazy kid of mine